Aaron Rodgers lauds Giants coach Brian Daboll for his ‘beautiful football mind’ after free agency flirtation

While Aaron Rodgers didn’t person excessively galore bully things to opportunity about nan Jets’ caller caput coach, Aaron Glenn, he was overmuch much complimentary of Giants caput coach Brian Daboll during nan early Hall of Famer’s quality connected “The Pat McAfee Show” connected Thursday. 

The Giants were 1 of nan teams that had been willing successful Rodgers’ services and Rodgers confirmed that he had spoken pinch Daboll, which nan QB described arsenic a “great conversation.”

“I’m not going to get into specifics astir each squad that I talked to,” Rodgers told McAfee aft nan big asked him which teams he had spoken pinch during free agency. 

“It was a fewer teams. … I will opportunity I did talk to Brian Daboll and had a awesome speech pinch him. Really enjoyed him a lot. I deliberation he’s a batch of nosy to talk to and has a beautiful shot mind. Him and Josh [Allen], he had Josh successful Buffalo, and Josh is 1 of my closest friends successful nan league. I conscionable enjoyed nan conversations. He’s a really agleam shot mind.”

Aaron Rodgers during “The Pat McAfee Show” connected April 17, 2025. X/The Pat McAfee Show

The Giants yet moved connected from waiting for Rodgers to make a determination connected wherever his shot early was headed, opting to motion nan free-agent tandem of Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston. 

Rodgers remaining successful nan Big Apple would person been different twist successful nan already bizarre saga he’s had since forcing his measurement retired of Green Bay during nan outpouring of 2023. 

The 41-year-old’s 2 years pinch nan Jets were marred by injuries and off-the-field drama, which resulted successful 2 mislaid seasons and a less-than-glowing reappraisal connected nan organization’s handling of their last gathering together connected Feb. 9. 

Rodgers blasted nan Jets during nan aforesaid “The Pat McAfee Show” appearance, calling nan gathering “strange” and insinuating that Glenn was concerned that Rodgers would undermine nan caller coach successful squad meetings. 

Aaron Rodgers (l.) pinch nan Packers talking to Giants caput coach Brian Daboll (r.) successful 2022. AP

“It was a very unusual meeting, for sure,” Rodgers said. “There was nary maine pleading, ‘Please person maine connected nan team.’ I don’t want to beryllium a portion of that. It was already a debacle successful immoderate cases. That full business was crazy. That was a small rogue by nan caput coach.”

Rodgers has not made a decision connected where, aliases moreover if, he’ll beryllium playing successful 2025 and told McAfee that group successful his soul circle were dealing pinch “difficult stuff.” 

“I’m unfastened to thing and attached to nothing, truthful status could still beryllium a possibility,” he said.